On the record
When an infant will bring one hundred, and a man from four hundred to a thousand dollars in the market, slaves are not commodities to be found in the cabins of the poor.
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Lewis Tappan
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gutenberg.orgLewis Tappan: “When an infant will bring one hundred, and a man from four hundred to a thousand dollars in the market, slaves are not…”
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Tappan points out the high market value of slaves, indicating that they are not accessible to the impoverished.
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